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title: "Twenty-Fifth Amendment — Definition & Meaning"
description: "The Twenty-Fifth Amendment merged Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, extending Pakistan's constitutional order to these regions."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Twenty-Fifth Amendment (2018) merged the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, extending Pakistan's constitutional and judicial order to the former tribal belt.
- Which constitutional articles did the Twenty-Fifth Amendment repeal or alter?
- What colonial-era law did the merger abolish?
- Why was provincial ratification required for the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?
- What fiscal commitment accompanied the FATA merger?

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1. 31 May 2018

   The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, enacted on , abolished the special constitutional status of the Federally Administered Tribal Are…

2. 27 May 2018

   The amendment passed the National Assembly by 229 votes and the Senate by 71, and was assented to by President Mamnoon Hussain; the KP Provincial Assembly ra…

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